Gerald is an OBGYN and lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences. He “has a passion for reducing maternal mortality through improving sexual and reproductive health and introducing high-impact and low-cost interventions in emergency obstetrics”. He works in both private clinics and public hospitals, giving him a firsthand view of healthcare inequity. …
One day, a student presented to me the case history of a couple—I will call them Mary and John –who had been trying to conceive a child for seven years without success. They could not afford even the most basic medical tests—hormonal tests for her and sperm count tests for him–to determine what the issue …
I recently received a desperate call in the middle of the night from a doctor under my supervision at a hospital where I practice, informing me that a patient's uterus had ruptured (torn apart) during birth. The mother was referred to us because the hospital where she had delivered — about 100 km away — …